"Well it didn't hurt Avatar that there was no Avatar before Avatar. So I kind of rest my case," he told CNN.

Erm, OK..? Care to expand?

"It was a seven-year gap between The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, seven-year gap between Alien and Aliens," he continued.

"It's gonna be obviously more like a 10-year gap between Avatar and Avatar 2. But Avatar 2 you are going to with not the promise, but the certainty, of three more films beyond that, and that's a very different concept with the audience."